Question

According to Freud's theory, which of the following scenarios illustrates the defense mechanism of denial? Multiple Choice Ahmed has a temper tantrum whenever his students fail or make mistakes in class. David is fired from the company he works at, but he refuses to accept that he has lost his job. John, who mistreats his wife and feels guilty, blames her for not expressing her love. Lindsay, who is denied a promotion by her manager, yells at her son when she comes home.

Answer 1

David is fired from the company he works at, but he refuses to accept that he has lost his job.

Step-by-step explanation:

The defense mechanisms was first touched on by Sigmund Freud in noting his ego defenses in his psychoanalytic theory. The idea was further developed by his daughter Anna Freud by adding ten other ego defenses that are used in defence mechanism such as denial. The denial defense mechanism is psychological defense strategy that a person uses to shield him from reality thereby avoiding such things as anxiety by denying it as seen in the example above with the guy that lost his job but pretends he didn't lose it